Broward County Judge Ernest Kollra is hearing more testimonies Tuesday as an officer fights charges stemming from a shootout that claimed the life of an UPS driver, with the cop claiming protection under the state’s “stand your ground law”.

Four Miami-Dade Police officers are charged with manslaughter in the death of UPS driver Frank Ordonez and bystander Richard Cutshaw following the 2019 shootout which began as a cross-county pursuit between several officers and a pair of suspected jewelry store robbers who stole a UPS truck and had a Ordonez on board.

One of the four officers, Jose Mateo, is claiming self-defense by citing Florida’s “stand your ground law”, however prosecutors have been arguing that the law doesn’t protect a shooter who unintentionally kills an innocent bystander, whi

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